http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/codesignbarriersandenablers/ en-us Copyright 2008 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:48:13 -0100 Latest items from Co-Design: barriers and enablers on http://www.demos.co.uk/ - the thinktank for everyday democracy Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:48:13 -0100 http://www.demos.co.uk/items/12077 http://www.demos.co.uk/items/12077 Today we are launching our new discussion paper Making the most of collaboration: an international survey of co-design, produced in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Public Sector Research Centre.

In 2006 we published Journey to the Interface - an impassioned advocation of the value of collaborative design principles in public services. In the intervening years, co-design has caught hold as an ideal for transforming services - promising to make them more responsive, fit-for-purpose, and efficient. More broadly, co-design provides an avenue for building social capital, and addressing a disengagement from politics and democracy.

Our new discussion paper takes stock of co-design’s progress. It is based on a ground-breaking international survey of 466 public service practitioners. The survey confirms that co-design is an international movement, gaining enthusiastic support across the globe. However, while this enthusiasm is clear, equally so are the challenges those responsible for implementing co-design are facing.

Our key finding is that we should not simply be asking: ‘How can we do more co-design’. Instead, we are faced with more complex issues. What kind of co-design works, and in what contexts? What kind of organisational cultures support greater, more successful co-design?

You can download the paper here.

If you'd like to talk to us about the work, we'd love to hear from you. You can email us here.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:31:48 -0100 peter.bradwell@demos.co.uk ( Pete Bradwell )